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Qatar underlines boosting efforts aimed at reaching immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-01-28 15:47:41 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10554279

DOHA, Jan 28 (MENA) - Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi, Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has stressed the need to continue sustainable delivery of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, and to bolster regional ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Ruling Israeli right wing deepens genocide against Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-28 15:00:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10554497

RAMALLAH, Jan 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said Sunday that the ruling Israeli right-wing under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu deliberately targets Palestinian civilians and humiliates them in an attempt ....

Person killed during church attack in Istanbul:Turkish Interior min.

Date: 2024-01-28 13:31:36 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10554439

ANKARA, Jan 28 (MENA) - Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that one person was killed during an attack on a church in Istanbul's Sarıyer district during a service on Sunday. He added that "large-scale investigation into the issue and ....

Iran launches three satellites into space

Date: 2024-01-28 11:27:57 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10554094

TEHRAN, Jan 28 (MENA) - Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, according to the IRNA news agency. The launch comes as heightened tensions grip the wider Middle ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-01-28 08:57:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10553870

RAMALLAH, Jan 28 (MENA) - Scores of settlers, guarded by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday. The settlers carried out provocative tours in the mosque's yards and performed Talmudic rituals, eyewitnesses said. Israeli ....

UN chief asks donor countries for 'continuity' in Gaza agency operations

Date: 2024-01-28 07:57:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10553770

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (MENA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has pleaded for donor states to "guarantee the continuity" of the body's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after several halted funding over accusations of staff involvement in Hamas's October 7 ....

Mauritania calls for int'l pressure to halt Israel's brutal aggression on Gaza

Date: 2024-01-27 18:30:26 GMT - Mauritania - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10553283

NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Mauritanian government has urged the international community to mount pressure on Israel and oblige it to stop its brutal aggression on Gaza and the rest of Palestinian occupied territories. In a statement by the ....

Iraqi PM in attendance for 1st round of talks with US on end of global coalition’s mission in Iraq

Date: 2024-01-27 09:35:25 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10552600

BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani sponsored on Saturday, the launch of the first round of bilateral dialogue between Iraq and the United States, to end the mission of the international coalition in Iraq. ....

Syria welcomes International Court of Justice ruling on South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel

Date: 2024-01-27 09:30:56 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10552591

DAMASCUS, Jan 27 (MENA) - Syria welcomed the International Court of Justice ruling to order immediate temporary measures to protect the Palestinians as this ruling is the starting point for the path of putting an end to Israeli escape from ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry says immediate ceasefire is sole way to oblige Israel to implement ICJ ruling

Date: 2024-01-27 09:07:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10552540

RAMALLAH, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates emphasized that an immediate ceasefire is a field and practical condition to oblige Israel, the occupying power, to implement the measures approved by the ....